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Nov. 25, 2017
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AG appeals KEENE VALLEY LIBRARY Judge Main BREAKS GROUND ruling on railroad conversion » pg. 3
Case will go to Appellate Division By Kim Dedam STA FF W RITER
RAY BROOK | State agencies will appeal the September Supreme Court decision by Judge Robert G. Main Jr. to halt Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor reconstruction. The lawsuit was brought in the spring of 2016 by the Adirondack Railway Preservation Society, which operates the Adirondack Scenic Railroad. Main ordered state agencies to halt their $8 million plan to remove 34 miles of the historic railroad tracks between Lake Placid and Tupper Lake and replace the line with a multi-use recreational path. The state Department of Transportation and Department of Environmental Conservation’s 2016 revision to the Travel Corridor’s Unit Management Plan, Main said in September, is “annulled and vacated, it its entirety, and in each and every part.” The state UMP revision was approved by the Adirondack Park Agency in February of 2016. All three agencies are represented in court by the Plattsburgh office of New York’s Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, according to court documents. No railroad tracks have yet been removed, but scenic railroad excursions and rail-bike pedal adventures were eliminated from the northern tracks as of last summer. Judge Main said converting the northern end of the Travel Corridor’s existing railway to a recreation trail for walking, running, biking, skiing and snowmobiling “constitutes a reclassification beyond the authority of the 2016 UMP.” He also found the state had not completed proper title review for privately held segments of the corridor. “That such a reasonable and appropriate title review, which is basic and ordinary legal research, did not occur until after approval of a trail conversion of Segment 2 (northern end) is inexplicable,” the Supreme Court judge said. Removal of the tracks in these areas, Main said, would effectively end long-standing land-use easements held by the state. The case goes next to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department. The state has until the end of December to perfect and file their legal argument. ■
Holocaust and tolerance talk at ELCS Local rabbi speaks with middle, high school students By Keith Lobdell STA FF W RITER
ELIZABETHTOWN | Rabbi Alec Friedmann was not alive when the Holocaust took place, but he has felt the affects it had on his parents from youth. “Part of my upbringing was you never know when you are going to have to leave,” said Friedmann. “My father never talked about what happened in the holocaust, and my mother talked about it only in terms of what she lost. She lost the ability to go to arts school. My mother-in-law never talked about her experience only to say she lost her entire family and was the only one to get out.” Friedmann, a second generation survivor, spoke to students at ElizabethtownLewis Central School Nov. 9 on the topic of the Holocaust and moving forward into a theme on tolerance. “Recently, there were Nazis marching in Virginia and they were chanting, ‘The Jews will not replace us,’” said Friedmann,
referring to protests in Charlottesville, Va. “My answer to that question is, ‘Why would we want to?’ Does anyone have the answer, because I don’t.” Friedmann talked about the experiences of members of his family, who were scattered from South Africa to England, as well as taken prisoner. The rabbi said it is important to remember the history of the mass killing of six million Jews, which was three-quarters of the world population, a number Friedmann said still has not been fully replenished. “Jewish survivors of the Holocaust are in the same boat as World War II veterans,” he said. “They have grown old and they are now dying off.” “We felt it was important for our stu-
dents to hear from the rabbi and remember what happened,” teacher Kaitlin Fielder said. “With what we have seen going on recently, speaking about being nice to each other is an important lesson.” “With the issues in Charlottesville and what we have seen in the political world, we are seeing examples in this country of intolerance to other’s ideals and we want to help the students realize that and raise awareness,” teacher Connie Blaine said. Friedmann addressed students for about an hour, also teaching them about what a rabbi is and what they do. Students also had a chance to ask questions and engage in conversation before participating in an activity on tolerance after the presentation. ■
Rabbi Alec Friedmann talks to students about the Holocaust at ElizabethtownLewis Central School Nov. 9. Photo by Keith Lobdell
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